30 Years Ago

Leroy McGowan, financial secretary for the Hustontown Fire Co., was named “Fireman of the

Year” at the company’s 13th annual banquet Saturday night at the firehall. The 55-year-old resident said he was surprised by the award, not expecting to receive it so soon in his career.

The heaviest snow fall of the winter fell last Thursday, dumping six to nine inches of heavy snow in the area, the kind that makes picture-postcard winter scenes of everything in sight. All the county schools were closed that day.

There were so many people attending the Ralph DeShong sale near Needmore on Saturday that the cars, parked on either side of the highways, interfered with traffic flow, and the owners were called on by state police to remove them.

Gasoline prices have jumped an average of 15 cents a gallon in Pennsylvania since December, according to a survey of 186 gasoline stations. Full-service prices for unleaded averaged $1.42 and regular gasoline $1.37.